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I truly am a newbie here and their are probably threads already on here but i have 4 different letters which are now starting to worry me. Normally i never reply to any private firms but they haven't stopped for months now and i have received a county court letter from the business centre in northampton. I have uploaded the 4 different letters, if i could get specifics on how to handle each one i would be so very grateful. i read just to ignore and they will go away?? is this still true for all 4 of my issues??? Please any advice i would be so grateful. Thank you

The main issue i face is a defence for the County Court Letter they sent me - Please see below link

Take down the court claim doc right now! It has the claim number and password in plain sight. Also the other docs have identifying information, e.g. PCN numbers, registration numbers. REMOVE THEM - edit your post and remove the links for a start.

The Court Claim is the most important document, and you MUST act by logging on, acknowledging the claim, but leaving the defence field EMPTY. This gives you more time.

Are you sure this is all the same thing? It's unusual for ParkingEye to go through ZZPS and then Gladstones. They have their own (and marginally more competent) in-house legal people.

Then come back here to research court defences (shown in LOTS of threads, including page two of that one I just linked) which you will need to submit online too, within 28 days of service of those court papers. however, you will need to check with us regarding perfecting your defence draft before submitting it, show us like the linked poster did, after reading maybe a dozen other examples you find when searching on here or on pepipoo forum:

Ignoring private parking charges has not been advised for the past 4 years. They can be ignored if you're experienced and know what you're doing, and with which PPC - I'm afraid you're not in that league by the looks of things at this point.

We cannot provide you with a silver bullet to get you out of this. You have to be in for the long run, and need to involve yourself in research and work for you to get rid of this. It is not simple. We will help, but can't do it for you.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

1. You've just acknowledged service. Get on with researching defences.

2. You're still within the dates to appeal this - read the newbies FAQ sticky, post #1, and use the blue text initial appeal and get that off to PE. If you don't appeal this you are quite likely to be served court papers.

3. This relates to a PCN from May 2016 - ZZPS can be ignored, but if this is referred back to CEL, you may get a Letter Before Action. CEL are mildly litigious and have 6 years to pursue this to court. Nothing you can do now but wait and see.

4. DRP can be ignored, but as in 3 (above) this could end with a LBA as UKPC has become particularly keen to issue court papers in the past couple of months. Again, they have 6 years to pursue this to court. Nothing you can do now but wait and see

In all the above cases - have you complained to the respective landowners and asked them to intervene?

We cannot provide you with a silver bullet to get you out of this. You have to be in for the long run, and need to involve yourself in research and work for you to get rid of this. It is not simple. We will help, but can't do it for you.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

The newbies sticky is near the top of this forum's thread list - one page back from this one. It's the one you first landed on to start your thread.

You do need to learn how to search this forum without asking for links all the time - regulars won't keep providing links, and as you've so much work to do, the search function will be a vital tool in undertaking your research.

We cannot provide you with a silver bullet to get you out of this. You have to be in for the long run, and need to involve yourself in research and work for you to get rid of this. It is not simple. We will help, but can't do it for you.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

i have now appealed case 2 (The parking eye hospital pen) - i will wait for case 3 & 4 and see how they treat me going forward. Thanks you all for your help.

i am currently researching defences for the county court letter - if anybody has any examples or templates i could use that would be much appreciated - i apparently parked on a private property and was issued with a pen notice by parking and property management ltd

any other advise regarding any of these parking tickets would be greatly appreciated - right now i have appealed no 2 and will wait for what happens with 3 and 4. i suppose appeal 3 and 4 now wouldn't be the right thing to do?? plus any defences for this county court would be good help - thanks

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